Green Park Village: 49 more extra-care flats approved

The final details of Green Park Village were approved this week including a block of 129 extra-care flats.

A report to the Reading Borough Council planning committee on Wednesday, December 9, revealed the original plan was for 80 flats in the extra care housing block.

The application was from the site developer St Edward Homes which is working with Berkeley Homes.

The report to the committee said on the plan in Whitley: “Berkeley Homes identified an opportunity to have further units within the original building envelope and worked with Home Group, the approved registered provider, to work up a detailed scheme that would not compromise the functionality of the facility.

“They worked with Berkeley’s scheme architects in consultation with a specialist extra-care design practice and the council to design a scheme that they consider will meet the needs of the groups it will be designed for.

“Indeed, there would be better economies of scale for some of the communal facilities.

“The proposed design has flexible spaces which can be adapted over time to meet potential changing needs of residents.”

The block will have a communal garden and a roof terrace.

The applicant St Edward Homes will still have have to submit a parking management strategy for the site.

The remaining details also included eight additional two-bedroom flats which were approved.